Example sentences of "real [noun sg] be [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the real contrast is surely with the tacit . |
| 2 | If God foreknows all the events in the history of His creation , what real freedom is there on the part of His creatures , for us to act according to our wills not His ? |
| 3 | The real comparison is not with the use that was made of the land sixty years ago , when poverty was the great dictator , but with the use of similar land , on large estates , in the same area today . |
| 4 | In words which almost parallel one of Manning 's respondents ( see Manning 1977 : 160 ) , one policeman in Easton said that ‘ real policing is out on the streets ’ ( FN 23/10/86 , p. 5 ) . |
| 5 | In practice real power was largely in the hands of Holland , much the richest and most important of the seven provinces , and particularly in those of its chief official , the Grand Pensionary . |